, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - evidence session 2
I was going to bring Jenny in, but Georgina, if you would like to—.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - evidence session 2
Yes, could I—? Could I bring—?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - evidence session 2
We'll move on now to agenda item 2. I'm very pleased to welcome Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education; Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further and Higher Education; Georgina Haarhoff, interim director of education; Ruth Meadows, director of tertiary…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to today's meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. The meeting is bilingual and simultaneous…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
Chronic underfunding by successive Conservative Westminster Governments has been catastrophic for our NHS in Wales. Our workforce has felt stretched, undervalued and undersupported. Some patients have been left waiting far too long for treatment, which just…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing us both globally and locally. Residents in Rhondda and across Rhondda Cynon Taf know only too well that we are not immune from the effects of climate change, following recent bouts of flooding. RHA Wales, now…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
7. How will the Welsh Government support Rhondda residents to obtain the green skills necessary for the green jobs of the future? OQ62121
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
I will now move on to item 6, which is papers to note. Full details of the papers are set out on the agenda and in the paper pack. Are Members content to note the papers together? Yes. As agreed during item 3, we will now move into private session for the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. Thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. Your evidence has been really valuable to us today. Thank you so much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Yes, of course.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
So, we've had our figures from StatsWales. We'll write to you after the committee to clarify exactly what these figures are. Is that okay?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Yes, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Can we write to you to clarify this?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Children's day-care providers.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. We now have some questions from Natasha, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Can I bring Carolyn Thomas in quickly here, please?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Is that fine? Thank you. Next we have questions from Cefin, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. Before we move on, are you okay to stay an extra five minutes, or do you have to rush off? Because I think we're going to run over time.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you, Joel. Now, we have questions from Vaughan, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. We now have some questions from Joel James, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Okay, thank you. Thank you for your answers. We now have some questions from Carolyn Thomas, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. You are responsible for inspecting and driving improvement of local authority social services. How would you describe the quality of children's social care across Wales at this point in time? Are you confident that the scale of change identified in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Thank you. Is there a reason for the rise in your staff costs by £1 million in 12 months covered by the report, from £14.2 million in 2022-23 to £15.2 million in 2023-24? What difference will this make?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny session
Welcome back. We'll move on now to agenda item 5. I'm very pleased to welcome Gillian Baranski, the chief inspector of Care Inspectorate Wales, and Margaret Rooney, the deputy chief inspector of Care Inspectorate Wales. Members have a series of questions, and…
